Developmental changes in the calcium currents in embryonic chick ventricular myocytes |
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Authors: | Seiko Kawano Robert L DeHaan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Emory University Health Sciences Center, 30322 Atlanta, Georgia;(2) Present address: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Medical Research Unit, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 113 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary Using the patch-clamp technique, we recorded whole-cell calcium current from isolated cardiac myocytes dissociated from the apical ventricles of 7-day and 14-day chick embryos. In 70% of 14-day cells after 24 hr in culture, two component currents could be separated from totalI
Ca activated from a holding potential (V
h) of –80 mV. L-type current (I
L) was activated by depolarizing steps fromV
h –30 or –40 mV. The difference current (I
T) was obtained by subtractingI
L, fromI
Ca.I
T could also be distinguished pharmacologically fromI
L in these cells.I
T was selectively blocked by 40–160 m Ni2+, whereasI
L was suppressed by 1 m D600 or 2 m nifedipine. The Ni2+-resistant and D600-resistant currents had activation thresholds and peak voltages that were near those ofI
T andI
L defined by voltage threshold, and resembled those in adult mammalian heart. In 7-day cells,I
T andI
L could be distinguished by voltage threshold in 45% (S cells), while an additional 45% of 7-day cells were nonseparable (NS) by activation voltage threshold. Nonetheless, in mostNS cells,I
Ca was partly blocked by Ni2+ and by D600 given separately, and the effects were additive when these agents were given together. Differences among the cells in the ability to separateI
T andI
L by voltage threshold resulted largely from differences in the position of the steady-state inactivation and activation curves along the voltage axis. In all cells at both ages in which the steady-state inactivation relation was determined with a double-pulse protocol, the half-inactivation potential (V
1/2) of the Ni2+-resistant currentI
L averaged –18 mV. In contrast,V
1/2 of the Ni2+-sensitiveI
T was –60 mV in 14-day cells, –52 mV in 7-dayS cells, and –43 mV in 7-day NS cells. The half-activation potential was near –2 mV forI
L at both ages, but that ofI
T was –38 mV in 14-day and –29 mV in 7-day cells. Maximal current density was highly variable from cell to cell, but showed no systematic differences between 7-day and 14-day cells. These results indicate that the main developmental change that occurs in the components ofI
Ca is a negative shift with, embryonic age in the activation and inactivation relationships ofI
T along the voltage axis. |
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Keywords: | T-type calcium current embryonic heart ion channel development Na+ through Ca2+ channels |
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